SET DEBUG

Purpose

Enable or disable the logging of DEBUG() messages

Syntax

SET DEBUG ON | OFF | (<expL>)

See Also

ASSERT, DB_DEBUGDIR, DEBUG, DEBUG(), SET ASSERTS

Description

If SET DEBUG is ON, debugging information messages specified by the DEBUG() function are written to a text file in the current DB_DEBUGDIR directory. The text file is named debug + process ID + .txt. A copy of the latest debug file can also be found in the file debug.txt. By default, DEBUG is OFF.

Example

set debug on
 
// app1.prg
debug("program started by " + user())
//...
debug("program end")

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